Points on licence: do they run from date of offence or date of conviction

If you are to receive points on your licence, do the points go from the date of the offence or the date of the court case?

Points are valid from the date of the offence for most motoring offences. Although they remain on your licence for four years, they are only valid for three under the totting up process.

Endorsements must remain on a licence for 11 years from date of conviction if the offence is:

• drinking/drugs and driving (shown on the licence as DR10, DR20, DR30 and DR80)
• causing death by careless driving whilst under the influence of drink/drugs (shown on the licence as CD40, CD50 and CD60)
• causing death by careless driving, then failing to provide a specimen for analysis (shown on the licence as CD70)

Endorsements must remain on a licence for four years from date of conviction if the offence is:

• reckless/dangerous driving (shown on the licence as DD40, DD60 and DD80)
• offences resulting in disqualification
• disqualified from holding a full licence until a driving test has been passed

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